Fiber is an indigestible component of some foods. Although it resists digestion, it has numerous benefits on our health, both gastrointestinal and overall. One benefit especially in regards to the previous tips, is that it slows the entry of sugar into the blood, so it helps stabilise insulin. This simple fact alone enables your body to make better use of your food rather than for storage as bodyfat.
Fiber also contributes to a higher satiety index of a meal, in other words, it fills you up.
In addition, your body uses your bodyfat as a container for toxins, which serves to keep the rest of the body safe from these essentially bio-hazardous chemicals. Your liver can eliminate some of these toxins via bile acid, however a lot ends up being reabsorbed as it needs a medium to assist the removal. This is where fiber steps in. Dietary fiber binds to the bile acid and escorts it out of the body.
Any time you break down your fat stores, you release these toxins back into the system. In this situation fiber is essential to prevent the body from poisoning itself. The body will also limit the amount of fat allowed to be broken down to avoid this situation. Viewed from this perspective, an increased intake of fibre essentially opens the floodgates, which will accelerate the rate at which your body can reduce bodyfat levels.
‘Help make the World a better place by eating your fiber, because constipated people don’t give a cr*p.’
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